Greenhouse Geodesic Dome 16 FT. with Marine Poly Cover for Hydroponic Gardening

The media could not be loaded. We are very happy with the dome. We kept the cover loose hoping to remove it for the summer - the dome sits where our above ground pool goes during the summer.Between the hot tub heat and the heater it stays an average of 15-20° warmer than the outside air at night in very frigid Colorado. I probably should have bought the thicker liner. During the day, as long as there is sun, it gets 40 -50° warmer.The plants in the video have been in the dome since we erected in September and continue to bloom.This has been a lot of fun.

installed by manufacture directions and holes developed everywhere. manufacture said he will not garantee. The holes were pin pricks that grew when the shrink wrap process was applied. theres no way to see them until your already installing and by then he wont replace it as its out of box..soooooo not cool!

We started putting together the geo dome, we noticed it only came with 38 nuts and bolts. Well shy of what we needed to put the dome together, off to the hardware store. The instructions are ok, it would’ve been nice to get some forward thinking on anchoring the unit to Mother Earth. Dimensions and angles of the bottom. All poles were clearly marked without question.

Marc,After more days of fruitless struggling, we are more convinced than ever that you have sold us an unusable and unbuildable greenhouse dome that is killing our spirits and killing our summer. This desperately-unhappy and unsatisfactory situation can’t go on very much longer.No matter what we do, and no matter what suggestions of yours we follow, we have a serious fitment problem. The thing simply won’t go together; a 4”-6” gap seems to just move around depending on what part of the structure we are trying to squeeze or force into place first. We are absolutely convinced you’ve made a serious error in the parts you’ve sent us (or NOT sent us — see discussion of MISSING R STRUTS BELOW) and the instructions you’ve provided (which contradict one another, by the way).We built a beautiful, accurately-sized, door frame and trying to fit it is proving to be a bad joke — as well as a terrible waste of time — there is just no way this will ever fit, because there is no way this door frame can be made straight and true AND the rest of the dome go together accurately also.A few questions arise:Have you EVER sold one of these 18-foot greenhouses before? Can you prove to us that these strut lengths are perfectly correct, including especially all the struts related to the door opening?What about these mysterious “R” Struts? Please answer this! We’ve mentioned these R Struts before, and you did not answer our question, nor even address the question. The new set of instructions you sent us today mentions “R” Struts. We don’t have any R Struts! The previous set of instructions you sent us first does NOT mention “R” struts.WHERE ARE THESE “R” STRUTS, MARC? DO WE NEED THEM OR NOT? IF NOT, WHY SEND US INSTRUCTiONS TELLING US TO FIT THE R STRUTS?DOES THE 18’ GREENHOUSE USE “R” STRUTS, AND THE 16’ GREENHOUSE DOES NOT?So far, we’ve followed every one of your suggestions, using the struts we have, and none have helped; the repositioning of the H2 Struts you suggested made no real difference; nor did ensuring that all the bolts and nuts were loose. As for the suggestion to plumb the door frame and make it straight, etc., that isn’t very helpful when it simply can’t be done using the parts and the instructions we’ve been sent.Lacking helpful suggestions from you, here are two very serious suggestions from us:1. You refund all our money, we don’t charge you anything for the WEEKS OF OUR PRECIOUS TIME THAT HAVE BEEN WASTED TO DATE, and we get this thing carted away, and we start again with a higher quality unit that includes accurate, consistent, non-contradictory instructions and correctly-fitting parts and a guarantee of customer satisfaction, which is the norm nowadays, by the way — guaranteed by Amazon, guaranteed by Ebay, guaranteed by our bank.2. You fly out here and attempt to build this thing yourself, using the parts you’ve sent us and the instructions you’ve provided. If you can do it correctly using all your parts and instructions, as provided to us, we will pay for your entire trip, including lodging. If one or more parts or instructions are completely wrong, as we suspect is the real problem here, then the trip is on YOUR dime.If these solutions seem extreme to you, put yourself in our shoes and tell us just exactly what YOU would do if you were in our shoes, in order to save what is left of our summer and our sanity.For example, shall Janie go back to school and get a SECOND architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania, so she can assemble a “simple” geodesic dome greenhouse without difficulty?SEE ATTACHMENT BELOW: ONE (YOUR “NEW” INSTRUCTIONS) WITH R STRUTS; TWO, YOUR ORIGINAL “OLD” INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT R STRUTSJane & Steven

Oh my good is great I saw this in my friends house and I love it ; she don have any more problems with the mosquitos a the weather is great ; I will be get one soon is possible.i hope I have it this before the weather kill my plants .....

[NOTE REGARDING PHOTOS: IF SOME IMAGES APPEAR TO BE INVERTED OR ROTATED ONTO THEIR SIDE, SEE POSTSCRIPT #2 AT END OF MY REVIEW FOR AN EXASPERATED EXPLANATION!]First, let me make clear before the start of the main part of my review that, while GGS primarily markets these dome kits for use as a greenhouse, I purchased this dome kit not for use as a greenhouse, but for use as a fully insulated and heated (during the colder months) meditation dome with some storage space and office space as well. A bit over 60% of the interior floor space is dedicated to serving as a mediation area, while the remaining approximately 40% of floor space is devoted to storage.The storage area sports a 6'x2.5' table which may also be used as an office desk/workspace (and which can accommodate several laptop PCs or tablet PCs plus several smartphones and other devices) and a chair, and thus may also be used as a backyard office space, and, best of all, anyone seated at the table/desk also has a beautiful wilderness view of the forested mountainside, replete with grazing deer and the occasional doting mommy bear being led on the next adventure by her overeager cub, to the northwest of the dome via the super-large window in the door that is located just 8 feet from the back of the table/desk!In early February 2020, I ordered a Greenhouse Garden Supply (GGS) 3V 5/8 height16 ft. geodesic dome kit (as shown on this page) from GGS, and then contacted GGS by phone because I wanted to add a bunch of upgrades & options, including the upgrade to a heavy-duty 3/4" diam. steel frame, a fiberglass/foam insulated door with insulated window, and a few other options.BTW, the reason why I chose to upgrade the dome frame from the standard 1/2" inch pipe to 3/4" pipe is simply because I live on about 5 acres on a sloping heavily-forested mountainside in a very rural area in the mountains of Northwestern Maryland. The entire yard consists of thousands of trees ranging in height from 45' to over 70' high, and sometimes these trees shed massive broken limbs during windstorrms, and sometimes an older tree -- often weighing over 10 tons -- even falls down, at times hitting any buildings located nearby.Over the long term, these falling limbs and trees can be very hard on any structure built below the forest canopy, and therefore I chose to upgrade the dome frame, as mentioned above, to the 3/4" steel tubing, for extra strength, although I am sure that even the basic dome kit, which uses 1/2" tubing, would also be incredibly strong due to the advantages of geodesic dome design.I also chose to ask GGS to skip sending me the normal heavy duty translucent 7 mil. polyshrink wrap cover (which is standard), and to instead send me three rigid polycarbonate triangle panels for use on the third tier of the dome as potential future windows, because I did not intend to use the dome as a greenhouse, but instead wished to use it as a meditation dome with some storage space as well.By the way, I should mention here that since my entire mountainside yard is on a steep slope ranging from 15 to 35 degrees, and there are no flat spots anywhere (except for two small human-made parking areas), I chose to have a timber frame foundation -- filled with gravel (level with the top of the outer wooden frame of the foundation) -- installed in my backyard at the dome site before the dome kit arrived. It took two men from a small Amish shed foundation/base company one day of work to build the 16.1 ft. x 16.1 ft. wooden frame with landscape timbers, to fill it with gravel and to tamp down the gravel until it was level with the top of the wooden frame.So, due to this design, most of the dome base, along its perimeter, would sit on the packed gravel (which I first covered with four layers of woven geotextile fabric for stability and other reasons), while four points on the dome fame wooden base would sit directly above the wooden timber frame for the foundation.Once the dome kit arrived at my home (ordered it on Feb. 5, and it arrived within the stated time frame for delivery as stated on this page (15 to 20 working days until shipped) in mid-March, via truck), it took about two days for two people (myself and a helper), working about six hours per day (weather was the limiting factor, with frequent rainfalls impeding our work...!), to complete the assembly of the metal frame, including the door frame. We initially assembled it using seven 2.5 ft. lengths of nominal 4"x6" landscape timber (all cuts were made with an electric chainsaw for maximum ease) to temporarily support the frame at various hub points around the base.Once the frame had been fully assembled, I then made some measurements of the struts along the base of the dome, and then cut 13 or 14 lengths of 4"x6" landscape timber into lengths with angled cuts on each end, with each length averaging 40" to 41" on the longer outer edge and about 37" on the shorter inner edge, but with some variance from piece to piece to yield a decent real-world match, along with two 20" lengths of timber for supporting the short struts on each side of the door frame.I then installed these 4"x6" timber lengths as the permanent "dome stem" (aka dome base) at the base of the dome, anchoring the dome struts to the timber lengths using EMT pipe strap with 2 holes (for 3/4" EMT), and anchoring the timber lengths to the gravel in the foundation with lengths of rebar. At the four points where the dome base timbers were positioned not over gravel (the foundation had gravel fill), but were rather above the outer timber frame of the foundation, I used 6" or longer TimberLOK timber/wood screws to anchor the timber base pieces to the wooden frame of the foundation below.This above-described process of cutting and fitting the lengths of 4"x6" landscape timber (as mentioned above, all cuts were done with an electric chain saw...) and then shifting the dome frame onto them and anchoring the dome frame to the timbers and anchoring the timbers to the foundation took another 2.5 six-hour days for 1.25 persons (I worked on it full-time, and my helper worked on this part of the job quarter-time).I then proceeded to cover the dome exterior with multiple layers each of:-- Tyvek building wrap sheet (from a roll, with white side facing into interior of dome)-- foil-bubble-foil insulation (from a roll)-- Tyvek Protec 200 roofing underlayment (from a roll)-- and finally, two layers of ultra-heavy-duty outdoor tarp material, in brown color, that I know from previous experience will easily last at least 20 years without significant problems/repairs under the tree canopy conditions found in my backyard.Once the dome had been completed, and had been insulated and covered with the opaque brown weather-resistant brown cover (brown color because the dome is located under heavy forest canopy, and I wanted it to blend in, as is true of all of the outbuildings in my yard), and the wooden door frame installed inside the metal door frame, I installed the door and an entry lockset, and then proceeded to install numerous layers of flooring on the interior as follows: 4 layers of woven geotextile fabric on the bottom (this would be the 4 layers of geotextile fabric covering the entire square gravel-filled dome foundation), followed by 1-2 layers of Tyvek building wrap above, followed by 2 layers of foil-bubble-foil insulation, followed by one layer of carpet underlayment, and finally, covered with a sturdy indoor-outdoor rated commercial carpet.All weatherproofing and waterproofing sealing of all joints, seams and junctions on the dome and the dome cover were done using 4 inch wide flashing tape.I then set about furnishing the interior of the dome. When the interior was largely completed, about 62% of the interior ~200 sq. ft. of floorspace was devoted to use as a meditation space, with 3 papasan chairs, some wooden drawer chests, a twin-size foam mattress on a 14" high frame covered with a quilt and coverlet, and sporting about 8 throw pillows. And, of course, since it is a meditation dome space, a couple of the horizontal surfaces on the drawer chests in the meditation are equipped with Buddha statues and other statues from various spiritual traditions, and of course, a couple of Japanese Maneki-neko figurines, also known as beckoning cats or good luck cats!The meditation space mentioned above also includes an enclosed 6.5' high 12.5 sq. ft. tent structure that serves as a personal room, aka dressing room, aka private room, aka potty room, with a zippered door, translucent walls to allow light in while preserving privacy, and equipped with a potty bucket and necessary accessories (the biodegradable potty bucket bags, once half-full, are dumped into a covered/screened outhouse pit that is 120 years old, located about 100 feet from the dome). The potty bucket in the privacy room is used only rarely, but after each use, wood shavings are added to the buket to maintain a good carbon/nitrogen ratio and to absorb excess liquid, and beneficial probiotic microbes (in both liquid form and granular powder form) with strong waste composting properties, waste remediation properties and powerful deodorizing properties are added to the material in the bucket before the potty bucket lid is closed.The remaining ~40% of the interior floorspace of the largely-finished dome is devoted to storage, with numerous sets of sturdy plastic shelving installed, along with a 6' x 2' worktable.I recently installed (only fter the photos shown on this page were taken) a vertical center post in the center of the dome interior; the post made of three or four lengths of 2"x4" pieces of lumber bolted together to form a makeshift 4"x6" pillar, reaching from a sturdy plywood foot plate on the floor to the exact center of the dome at its apex, and fastened securely at both bottom and top, but I did not install it to add strength to the already-incredibly strong dome frame, but rather to serve as a support column for the wooden beams and struts supporting a storage attic/loft that I am adding to the interior, with its floor struts located about 7.2 feet above the floor of the dome.A few people have asked me about ventilation, so here goes: I realized from the start of this project that my dome would need only minimal outside air ventilation, due to its use as a meditation dome with a storage area rather than as a greenhouse. So, I did install a ventilation system, and it is quite minimalistic, but it works just fine for my needs. I installed on the north side of the dome (to allow intake of cool air even in summer), at an elevation above the floor of 2.25 ft., one circular screened 4" duct vent (it is shielded from rain and snow, and well-screened to prevent entry of verious kinds of pesky insects and mammals) for use as an intake vent, and installed on the southern face of the dome, at an elevation above the floor of about 8.2 ft., a single exhaust vent, again a circular screened 4" duct vent, for use as an exhaust vent. The intake vent, on its interior side, has been fitted with a small, almost-totally-silent 120 VAC muffin fan (of the type sold for use in PC enclosures) with a speed control allowing the fan to not only be turned on or off, but allowing total adjustment of fan speed from very slow to full speed. The small 4" muffin fan exhibits a maximum airflow capacity of 38 CFM, which is more than sufficient for my needs.BTW, in light of an earlier review that mentioned a minor issue with the bolts and nuts supplied with the dome kit, I want to state clearly that the dome kit that I received contained not only a sufficient number of bolts and nuts, but also included four extra bolts and three extra nuts! The instructions, which Marc/Mark sent in PDF file format via email after the dome kit had arrived, were also excellent, with plenty of good color diagrams.Would I buy another dome kit from this vendor (Greenhouse Garden Supply, aka GGS) if I needed to erect another dome? Yes, in a heartbeat! My overall experience with the process was worth a full 5 stars.Postscript #1: I have uploaded to this page some photos of the largely-completed dome exterior and its partially-completed interior. However, please see the note below!Postscript #2: A Note Regarding Photos that May Appear to be Inverted or Rotated onto their Side:I have uploaded to this page some photos of the largely-completed dome (one or two of the exterior and doorway, and a couple showing the partially-finished interior, with some construction still underway).Unfortunately, and despite numerous efforts on my part to prevent or circumvent this bizarre problem, the Amazon photo server insists upon rotating some of the photos 90 degrees from standard orientation (where sky is up and ground/Earth is down) onto their sides, or even turning them upside down (that is, inverted). It seems that Amazon uses an AI (artificial intelligence) routine at its server on photos submitted to Amazon product pages, and the AI routine and server insist upon rotating some photos onto their sides to make them "more pleasing to the eye". I have found it impossible to correct this problem. BTW, I seem to particularly see occurences of this problem in photos on Amazon pages where the photo shows a building or other type of structure that has major curves in its shape, rather than the straight lines and right angles of square or rectangular structures.